Tyco Australia Pty. Ltd. v. Optus Networks Pty. Ltd. & Ors. [2004] NSWCA 333

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Tyco Australia Pty. Ltd. v. Optus Networks Pty. Ltd. & Ors. [2004] NSWCA 333 HEARING DATE(S) : 19, 20, 21, 23, 27 and 28 April 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 20 September 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Handley JA at 1; Giles JA at 230; Hodgson JA at 257 DECISION : Short Minutes to be brought in.

CATCHWORDS : DAMAGES - General principles - Measure of damages - Benefits to plaintiff as a result of expenditure incurred in consequence of defendant's conduct - Whether collateral - Whether deductions from damages appropriate - Quantification of amount of such deductions - Onus and standard of proof. Armory v. Delamirie (1722) 1 Sta 505; 93 ER 664 Blatch v. Archer (1774) 1 Cowp 63 Bradburn v. Great Western Railway Co. (1874) LR 10 Ex 1 British Electric & Manufacturing Company v. Underground Electric Railways Company of London [1912] AC 673 Bullock v. The London General Omnibus Company [1907] 1 KB 264 CA Chaplin v. Hicks [1911] 2 KB 786 CA Cloverdell Lumber Co. Pty. Ltd. v. Abbott (1924) 34 CLR 122 Cullen v. Trappell (1980) 146 CLR 1 Fink v. Fink (1946) 74 CLR 127 Fire & All Risks Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Callinan (1978) 140 CLR 427 Gould v. Vaggelas (1984) 157 CLR 215 Harbutt's "Plasticine" Ltd. v. Wayne Tank & Pump Co. Ltd. [1970] 1 QB 447 Hoad v. Scone Motors Pty. Ltd. [1977] 1 NSWLR 88 Houghton v. Immer (No.155) Pty. Ltd. (1997) 44 NSWLR 46 House v. The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Hyder Consulting (Australia) Pty. Ltd. v. Wilh Wilhelmsen Agency Pty. Ltd. [2001] NSWCA 313 I.T. Walker Holdings Ltd. v. Tuf Shoes Ltd. (1981) 2 NZLR 391 J & B Caldwell Ltd. v. Logan House Retirement Home Ltd. (1999) 2 NZLR 99 Johns v. Purnell (1960) VR 208 CASES CITED : L. Albert & Son v. Armstrong Rubber Co. 178 F 2 d 182 (1949) Lagden v. O'Connor [2004] 1 AC 1067 LJP Investments Pty. Ltd. v Howard Chia Investments Pty. Ltd. (1990) 24 NSWLR 499 Malec v. J.C. Hutton Pty. Ltd. (1990) 169 CLR 638 MBP (SA) Pty. Ltd. v. Gogic (1991) 171 CLR 657 Monroe Schneider & Associates (Inc) v. No.1 Raberem Pty. Ltd. (1991) 35 FLR 1 Murphy v. Overton Investments Pty. Ltd. (2004) 78 ALJR 324 Naumann v. Ford (1985) 2 EGLR 70 Purkess v. Crittenden (1965) 114 CLR 164 Roper v. Johnson (1873) LR 8 CP 167 Sellars v. Adelaide Petroleum NL (1994) 179 CLR 332 Shorey v. PT Ltd. (2003) 77 ALJR 1104 Simonius Vischer & Co. v. Holt & Thompson (1979) 2 NSWLR 322 Sved v. Council of the Muncipality of Woollahra (1998) NSW ConvR 55-842 The Liesbosch [1933] AC 449 The World Beauty [1970] P 144 CA, 153-4 Warren v. Coombes (1979) 142 CLR 531 Watts v. Rake (1960) 108 CLR 158 Wheeler v. Somerfield [1966] 2 QB 94 CA Willis v. The Commonwealth (1946) 73 CLR 105 Tyco Australia Pty. Ltd. - appellant Optus Networks Pty. Ltd. - 1st respondent Optus Systems Pty. Ltd. - 2nd respondent Optus Mobile Pty. Ltd. - 3rd respondent Optus Vision Pty. Ltd. - 4th respondent PARTIES : Optus Communications Pty. Ltd. - 5th respondent Leighton Contractors Pty. Ltd. - 6th respondent NDY Management Pty. Ltd. t/as Norman, Disney & Young - 7th respondent Emae pty. Ltd. - 8th respondent The Workcover Authority of NSW - 9th respondent ACN 001 452 106 Pty. Ltd. (In Liq) formerly known as Metropolitan Engineering & Fabrications Pty. Ltd. - 10th resondent FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40422/02 COUNSEL : Mr. N.C. Hutley SC with Mr. J.R.J. Lockhart for appellant Mr. P.H. Greenwood SC with Mr. S.W. Climpson for respondents Deacons, Sydney for appellant Minter Ellison, Sydney for 1st-5th respondent Moray & Agnew, Sydney for 6th respondent SOLICITORS : Colin Biggers & Paisley, Sydney for 7th respondent Allens Arthur Robinson, Sydney for 8th respondent Phillips Fox, Sydney for 9th respondent Howaths Sydney Partnership, Sydney for 10 respondent